The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-10-06

the grandeur of its melodies. The
energy of his action soon became suf
licient to feed steam thresher, and
the labor expended would have ami
hllated den of snakes Having be-
labored his tune over and over again
to the rythmic clatter of many dwin-
ding shoe sole, without u single note
of warning he would shift into the
entertainments of "Old Granny Rat
tlatrap." Then he would leap into
the bliss of cold Daddy Hare and
finally end in a fainting condition
with "Hole in the Kettle and the Soap
a-runin' out"
The fire place occupied the whole
end of the house, It's prodigious jam
and back blackened with SCOT and
smoke yawned like the cavelns of the
internal world. The hearth contain
ed about one hundred square feet.
And when filled with back logs and
sticks and small wood, and set on fire
the huge chimney smoked and roar
ed like Mount Nesuvius in full erup-
ton. The kitchen was the grand stu
dio of the female domestic arts and
theater of industries. In the broad
spacious fire place hung the iron pot
racks. About the jam, in silent and
inky grandeur, sat the pots and ba-
kers. IN the corner was the huge
cupboard" filled with shining pewter
wares, and in the center OF the room
stood the family dining table. In
the farther end stood the loom, that
grand old friend of America independ-
ence. There also stood its compan-
ions and helpmeets, the spinning
wheels and reel. The food was SIM
pie, but it was well prepared. The
meats were mostly wild game. The
bread was made of Indian corn; well
cultivated gardens supplied the rest.
The courting was done in the
kitchen. Maid and wooer sat togeth-
er for hours in silence. But the
dearth of conversation was full of
meaning. The silence was eloquent
and portentious, and ended with a
match.
1--WE souls with but single thought,
Two hearts that beat as one
The modern millionaire statesman
as he sweeps by the cabins of Tennes-
see in his magnificent Pullman pal.
ace car and smiles at the fourteen
tow-headed children that crowd
around its door, does not know that
from such rugged thresholds have
come more brains and grit and true
greatness than ever emerged from all
the gilded mansions and palaces Of
the gilded mansions and palaces of
this world. He does not know that
they gave to their country the heroes
of Kings mountain, of New Orleans
and Chepultipec, whose deeds have
made their country's history glorious.
He does not know that from such
humble homes came Jackson, Polk,
johnson, Jackson, the peerless SOL
dier and statesman, whose name shall
live as long as history. Polk, the
wise, the pure and the good Polk, un-
der whose brilliant administration
the territory of the union was made to
touch the two great oceans that di-
vide the world. Johnson, who climb
ed from the tailor's bench to the pres
idency; Andrew Johnson, who, in the
dark days of the rebellion, stood firm
ly by the constitution. Sleep on, An
drew Johnson, wrapped in thy coun-
try's flag and pillowed on its con-
stitution! Millions yet to be will
hold thy memory sweet
"Unwearied, nnfetterod, unmatched, uncon,
fined
Be my spirit like thee in the world of the mind
No learning for earth eer to weary its fight,
But fresh as the pinions in regions OF light